Organization
Graduate School Graduate School Associate Professor (non-tenured)
Title
Associate Professor (non-tenured)
External link
Degree
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PhD
Education
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Washington University in Saint Louis Art History and Archaeology
2002.8 - 2008.8
Country/Region： United States
Research History
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Meiji University Associate Professor (non-tenured)
2024
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Meiji University Senior Assistant Professor (non-tenured)
2019 - 2024
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The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Berenson Fellow
2018
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European University Institute Visiting Fellow
2015 - 2017
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University of California, Berkeley Visiting Scholar
2013 - 2015
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Middlebury College Visiting Assistant Professor
2012
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Washington University in Saint Louis Postdoctoral Fellow
2011
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Bucknell University Visiting Assistant Professor
2010
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Ithaca College Visiting Assistant Professor
2009
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Washington University in Saint Louis 講師
2008
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Peggy Gugghenheim Museum Intern
2001.10
Country/Region：Italy
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Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard Art Museums Intern
1997.1 - 1997.5
Papers
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The Tenshō Embassy's Return Trip: Valignano's Diplomatic Letters and Roman Folding Screens Modeled after the Azuchi Byōbu Reviewed
( 164 ) 23 - 30 2024.11
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The First Japanese Embassy to Italy, 1585: Restricted Communication, Diplomatic Tradition, and Culinary Adaptation Invited Reviewed International journal
Annali dell’Istituto Storico Italo-Germanico in Trento/Jahrbuch des Italienisch-Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Trient 49 ( 1 ) 73 - 95 2023
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Meiji University Asian Studies 5 2023
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Italian Archival Documents Concerning the Tenshō-Keichō Embassies and the Korean Slave Antonio Corea
176 75 - 92 2022
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Newly Found Documents at the Vatican Library Concerning the Japanese Seminaries, Tenshō Embassy, and Keichō Embassy Reviewed
159 91 - 102 2020
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The Tenshō Embassy’s European Clothes Reviewed
169 1 - 32 2020
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Tintoretto’s (Unfinished) Group Portrait of the Tenshō Embassy Reviewed
26 47 - 62 2019
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L’orazione per gli ambasciatori giapponesi nel Teatro Olimpico a Vicenza (1585)
About Art Online 2019
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A Hitherto Unknown Print of the Tenshō Embassy Reviewed
154 15 - 29 2019
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The Reception of the Tenshō Embassy in Vicenza, Italy Reviewed
153 21 - 35 2019
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A Hint of Distant Asia in Rubens’s <I>The Miracles of St. Francis Xavier</I> Reviewed International journal
Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen 76 - 90 2016
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Pope Paul V’s Global Design: The Fresco Cycle in the Quirinal Palace Reviewed International journal
Renaissance Studies 30 ( 2 ) 192 - 217 2014
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The Medici Judge, a Bitter Lawsuit, and an Embezzlement: The Opera del Sacro Cingolo’s Bronze Chapel Screen at Santo Stefano, Prato Reviewed International journal
Renaissance Studies 27 ( 5 ) 612 - 632 2012
Books
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Envisioning Diplomacy: Japanese Ambassadors to Early Modern Europe Reviewed
2025.10
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<I>A Companion to Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome</I> Reviewed
eds. Matthew Coneys Wainwright and Emily Michelson（ Role： Sole authorPapal Ceremonies for the Embassies of Non-Catholic Rulers）
Brill 2021
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<I>Jesuit Historiography Online</I> Reviewed
ed. Robert Aleksander Maryks（ Role： Sole authorStudies on the Japan Mission）
Brill 2017
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<I>Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon</I>
（ Role： Sole authorMaso di Bartolomeo）
2015
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<I>Western Visions of the Far East in a Transpacific Age (1522-1671)</I> Reviewed
ed. Christina H. Lee（ Role： Sole authorThe Borghese Papacy’s Reception of a Samurai Delegation and Its Fresco-Image at the Quirinal Palace, Rome）
2012
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<I>Diminutive Treasures: Inro and Netsuke from the Andrew J. Sordoni Collection at Bucknell University</I>
（ Role： Sole author）
Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University 2011
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<I>The Chapels of Italy from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Centuries: Art, Religion, Patronage, and Identity</I> Reviewed
ed. Lilian Zirpolo（ Role： Sole authorFlorence’s Territorial Hegemony in the Eyes of Foreign Dignitaries: The Cappella della Sacra Cintola in Santo Stefano, Prato）
The WAPACC Organization 2010
Presentations
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天正遣欧使節の食事
キリシタン学研究会例会 2025.6
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天正・慶長遣欧使節の繋がりと両使節に対する教皇儀式の差別化
キリシタン文化研究会大会 2024.12
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The First Japanese Embassy to Europe: Soft Power Diplomacy Through Kimono Display and Gifting Invited
Crossroads in Early Modern Italy: Encounters between Foreign Travelers and Local Inhabitants 2022 Fondazione Bruno Kessler
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The Tenshō Embassy’s European Clothes: Court and Missionary Functions in Italy and Japan Invited
Beyond the Southern Barbarians: Repositioning Japan in the First Global Age 2021 Kyushu University & Yale University
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Uncovering New Facts about the Tenshō Embassy Invited
2021 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, History in the Public Sphere Program, Graduate School of Global Studies
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A Buddhist-Shinto Samurai’s Embassy and the Differentiation of Papal Ceremonies for Catholic and Non-Catholic Ambassadors Invited
Religious Minorities and Catholic Reform in Early Modern Rome 2018 British School at Rome
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Images of the Tenshō Embassy: Japanese and European Clothes in Cultural Negotiations Invited
2017 European University Institute
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Images and Experiences of the Japanese Ambassadors to Europe Invited
2015 Princeton University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
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The Quirinal’s Exotic Figures and Rubens’ Man in Korean Costume Invited
Crossing Borders, Drawing Boundaries: Contexualizing Peter Paul Rubens’ Man in Korean Costume 2013 J. Paul Getty Museum
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Diplomacy and Art: On the Visitation of a Samurai to the Court of Pope Paul V Invited
Mobilities and Materialities Working Group & Diplomacy and Culture Colloquium 2013 University of California, Berkeley
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Ethnic Diversity in Paul V’s Fresco Agenda at the Quirinal Palace, Rome International conference
Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting 2012 Renaissance Society of America
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Ukiyo-e Painting in Japan Invited
Art, Nature, Knowledge: Comparative Humanities Program 2011 Bucknell University
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The Hall of Global Visual Propaganda: The Borghese Papacy’s Display of Political and Missionary Triumph at the Quirinal Palace’s Sala Regia Invited
2011 Washington University in Saint Louis
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Lively Images of Exotic Foreigners: Pope Paul V’s Promotion of His Global Missionary Success at the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome International conference
College Art Association Annual Meeting 2011 College Art Association
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Diminutive Treasures: The Sordoni Collection of Inro and Nestuke Invited
2011 Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University
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The Opera del Sacro Cingolo’s Role in the Bronze Chapel Screen Project at Santo Stefano, Prato International conference
Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting 2010 Renaissance Society of America
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Japanese Samurai Images and Pope Paul V’s Self-Promotion in the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome International conference
Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting 2009 Renaissance Society of America
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Transcending Cultures: Japanese and European Artistic Exchange in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries Invited
From Ancient Worlds to Contemporary Practice 2008 Washington University in Saint Louis
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Political Diplomacy in Ecclesiastic Space: Decoration at Santo Stefano in Prato as Portraiture of State Power International conference
Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting 2008 Renaissance Society of America
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Pilgrimage to the Virgin’s Holy Girdle—Agnolo Gaddi’s Art of Persuasion International conference
Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting 2006 Renaissance Society of America
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Eucharistic and Charitable Themes in Tintoretto’s <I>Last Supper</I> International conference
International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Hawaii 2005
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Exotic Decay and Local Daily Life in Whistler’s Venetian Works International conference
Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference 2005 Midwest Art History Society
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Saints and Salvation in Michelangelo’s <I>Last Judgment</I> International conference
Central Renaissance Conference 2001
Awards
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James. E. McLeod Faculty Recognition Award
2012
Research Projects
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The Kirishitan who disappeared in the Philippines: Cultural interactions between Japanese, Chinese and European cultures in the early modern Spanish Philippines
Grant number：26K00181 2026.4 - 2030.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Grant amount：\23660000 （ Direct Cost: \18200000 、 Indirect Cost：\5460000 ）
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天正遣欧使節、その後のマテリアル・カルチャー
2025.7 - 2026.3
明治大学 新領域創成型研究
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Envisioning Diplomacy: Images of Japanese Ambassadors in Early Modern Europe
2024
The Newberry Library Weiss-Brown Publication Subvention Award
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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Envisioning Diplomacy: Images of Japanese Ambassadors in Early Modern Europe
2024
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Publications Subsidy
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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Envisioning Diplomacy: Images of Japanese Ambassadors to Early Modern Europe
2023
College Art Association Millard Meiss Publication Fund
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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Envisioning Diplomacy: Images of Japanese Ambassadors to Early Modern Europe
2023
Renaissance Society of America RSA-Samuel H. Kress Publication Subvention for Art Historians
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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天正少年使節と慶長遣欧使節の関連性とニュースとしての版画制作
2019 - 2024
研究活動スタート支援
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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European Visualization of the Tensho Embassy
2019
明治大学 新領域創成型研究
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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Pope Paul V’s Evangelical Propaganda in the Quirinal Palace: A Fresco Portraying a Catholic Samurai Ambassador
2012
Renaissance Society of America Rensselaer W. Lee Memorial Grant
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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The Opera della Sacra Cintola and Its Archival Documents in Prato and Florence
2007
Manuscript Society Richard Maass Memorial Research Grant
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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Pilgrimage to the Virgin’s Holy Girdle: Promotion, Money, and Art at Renaissance Prato
2005 - 2006
Washington University in Saint Louis The Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Social Activities
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名将たちの勝負メシ
Role(s)： Media coverage
NHK 2025.8
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ヤマザキマリX歴史ミステリー 世界を見た若者たち-天正遣欧少年使節をたどるヨーロッパの旅
Role(s)： Appearance, Media coverage
NHK 2025.5
Academic Activities
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Studio Art Centers International
Role(s)： Review, evaluation
2016 - 2017
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Memoir of American Academy in Rome
Role(s)： Peer review
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